[bksvol-discuss] Re: Newbie looking for advice
- From: Marilyn Beasley <mbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Devorah Greenstein <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:29:20 -0400
Hi, Devorah. Warm welcome from a fellow Newbie.
Don't worry, the book is not lost. Somewhere, it might be -- no, I
don't want to guess, I'll go
see if I can find it first -- is a choice to "Release" a book. You
click on that and your problem
is solved, the WHOLE book magically appears on the Step 1 page, at
the top, just like you
never had it. I'll go see if I can find it. It <might> be where the
"Upload" choice is, but I'm
not positive.
Hugs,
Marilyn
>>>
On Mar 22, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Devorah Greenstein wrote:
I'm a very new volunteer. I validated two books successfully,
studied the volunteer manual, read the books, etc. and I loved
doing it, I am hooked on this validating thing; but two nights ago
I had a weird and awful experience downloading a book for
validating. I lost a book. I, junior, remedial Bookshare volunteer,
have lost an entire book, misplaced the whole rtf file, it is gone!
I have searched all over my computer and I can't find it.
First of all, it was too late at night for me to be doing anything
purposeful, so I can't really tell you what I did, it seemed right
at the time. Second of all, I just noticed this minute when I tried
once again to find the file, that my Winzip file unzipper that I
have been using in the free evaluation mode, just told me my
evaluation period is up. Did Winzip eat the book because I haven't
paid the $29?
I have searched my hard disk by file name and key phrase. I have
searched in Recent Documents. I have searched in Winzip Wizard. Not
anywhere. The first two books I had validated were found by the
Winzip Wizard, but not my third book. I feel distraught,
embarrassed, and, well, I guess the word humiliated is not too
strong a word. How could I have lost a book? Is there any other
place on my computer that I can look that it might be hidden? I
can't think so, if the Winzip Wizard didn't find it.
Do I re-scan this book and submit it? Do the wise people at
Bookshare keep a back-up copy so incompetent people like me don't
destroy submitters' hard work? Fortunately the book is short. It's
called An African Prayer Book by Desmond Tutu. I was really looking
forward to reading it and validating it. I am looking for advice,
help, direction. Should I go to the library and get a copy to re-
scan it and submit it for someone else to validate. Has anyone ever
lost an entire book?
Thanks for any advice. Feeling awful in snowy Minneapolis.
Devorah
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